Gas-regulating burner.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1903.

C. W. TAYLOR. GAS REGULATING BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1902.

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UNITED STATES 1 PATENT Patented May 19, 1903.

OFFICE.

GAS-REGULATING- BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,783, dated May 19, 1903. 7 Application filed $eptember 12, 1902. Serial 110.123.152. on) model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux City, in the county of l/Voodbury and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas-Regulating Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and sists of the novel combination and arrange-- ment of parts hereinafter more specificallydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central'sectional view of the device. Fig. 2 is a detail of the coupling, and Fig. 3 is an inverteddetail view of the regulating-thimble.

The regulating device is shown as applied to aBunsen burner, and,referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 denotes the burner-tube, which is provided at its lower end with a curved flange 2, forming a groove 3. The burner 1 is mounted upon a-screwthreaded annular sleeve 4. The sleeve 4 is screw-threaded on its inner face at its lower end, as at 5, for connecting the same to a gassupply. The sleeve 4 is termed a couplingsleeve and is provided with a peripheral rib or bead 6, adapted to engage in the groove of the flange 2 to support, as well as to permit of the rotation of, the burner-tube. The sleeve 4, at the top thereof, is closed, as at 7, and provided with a centrally-arranged opening 8 to' phragm 7, forming the top of the sleeve 4.

The bottom 11 of the thimble is provided with a SBIlGS'Of apertures 12, radiating from the center and communicating with each other. The side of the thimble 10 is constructed with a plurality of vertical grooves 12, thev function of which will be hereinafter referred to. The thimble 10 is secured within the burner 1, so as-to rotate therewith. The construction of the radial apertures in the thimble 10 is such that the passage of gas through the central opening 8 in the diaphragm 7, forming the top of the sleeve 4, will never be interrupted.

The burner-tube l is provided with lateral air-inlets 13 above the thimble 10 and has mounted thereon a sleeve 14, carrying an out wardly-extending hood 15. The sleeve 14 is provided with openings 15, adapted to register with the inlets 13. The sleeve 14 is adjustable to cause the openings 15 to register to a greater or less-extent with the inlets 13. The hood 15 is adapted when set to cause a predetermined amount of air to enter the burner and is also "adapted to be used to rotate the burner-tube, and, furthermore, to act as a shield for the air-inlets.

The device is operated as follows, the normal position of the same being such thatthe minimum flow of gas'through the opening 8 will not be interrupted: If it be desired toincrease the supply of gas, the tube is rotated through the medium of the hood 15, carrying the thimble 1O therewith, so that the apertures 12 will be over the openings 9 in the diaphragm 7, forming the top of the couplingsleeve 4. If the supply of gas is to be decreased, the thimble is brought to its normal position-that is, closing the openings 9. The grooves in the side of the thimble are adapted for the escape of gas, which if it passes through the diaphragm or the openings 9 will have an outlet through the vertical grooves and be fed into the burner-tube.

By the foregoing construction and arrangement it will be evident that I have devised a simple and inexpensive gas-regulating device for Bunsen and other burners and one in which the supply of gas from a minimum to a maximum quantity can be readily obtained, and it will furthermore be evident that changes, variations, and modifications can be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the details of construe-- tion hereinbefore described and as shown in the accompanying drawings, but reserve the rightto make such changes, variations, and modifications as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gas-regulating device, a rotatable burner-tube, an inverted thimble fixedly secured to and within said tube and provided with radial apertures, said tube and thimble rotatable together and a coupling for connecting the tube to a gas'supply and having its top provided with openings adapted to register with the radial apertures of the thimble.

2. In a gas-regulating device, the combination with a burner-tube, of a thimble mounted therein and provided with radial apertures and vertical grooves, and a coupling adapted to connect the burner-tube to a gas-supply and provided in its top with a series of openings adapted to register with the radial apertures of the thimble.

3. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve having its top formed with gas-outlets, a burnertube rotatably connected to said coupling-sleeve, and means arranged within and fixedly secured to the burner-tube for regulating the flow of gas through the outlets of the coupling-sleeve, said means and tube rotatable together.

4. In a gas-regulating device,'a couplingsleeve provided with gas-outlets, a burnertuhe rotatably connected to said sleeve, an apertured thimble arranged within and fixedly secu red to the burner-tube, and movable therewith, and adapted to regulate the passage of gas through the outlets of said sleeve,

5. In a gas-regulatin g device, a burner-tube, a coupling for connecting the said tube to a gas-supply, said coupling being provided with outlets for the gas, and a thimble mounted within the tube and adapted to regulate the flow of gas through the outlets of the coupling, said thimble provided with grooves for the escape of gas.

6. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve provided with a peripheral bead and a plurality of gas-outlets, a burner-tube surrounding a portion of said sleeve and connected to the said head, said burner-tube rotatable upon said bead and provided with air-inlets, an apertured thimble fixedly secured to and arranged within said tube, movable therewith and adapted to regulate the passage of gas through the outlets of the sleeve, and a hood suitably connected to the burner-tube.

7. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve having a portion of its inner face screw-threaded for connecting it to a gas-supply, a perforated diaphragm for closing the top of said sleeve, the perforations in the diaphragm forming gas-outlets, a burner-tube rotatably mounted on said sleeve and provided with air-inlets, an inverted thimble fixedly secured to and within said tube and provided with apertures for regulating the flow of gas through the perforations in the diaphragm, the bottom of said thimble being in contact with the said diaphragm, and a hood suitably-connected with the burner-tube.

8. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve provided with gas-outlets, a burnertube, an inverted thimble arranged in said tube, engaging said sleeve and provided with apertures for regulating the fiow of gas through the said outlets, said thimble further provided in its side with grooves to permit of the passage of the escaping gas to the burnertube.

9. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve provided with gas-outlets and in communication with a gas-supply, a burner-tube in communication with the said sleeve, and an inverted apertured thimble arranged in said tube, engaging with said sleeve and adapted to regulate the flow of gas through'the sleeve.

10. A gas-regulating device comprising a coupling-sleeve provided with suitably-disposed gas -outlets, an inverted .apertured thimble arranged upon said sleeve and adapted to regulate the flow of gas through said outlets, said thimble provided with vertical grooves to permit of the passage of escaping gas, and means connected to the thimble and surrounding the said sleeve for connecting the thimble thereto, said means rotatably connected to the sleeve.

11. In a gas-regulating device, a couplingsleeve provided with gas-outlets, a burnertube rotatably connected to said sleeve, and means fixedly secured to and within said burner-tube for regulating the passage of gas through said outlets, said means and burnertube rotatable together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE w. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

D. O. SHULL, R. W. SLoAN. 

